LBS .. not doing themselves any favours!

Just for a little bit of balance, LoCo / Shepleg is one of the nicest people I know.

His Shepleg account was here way before he setup LoCo Tuning, and I know he wanted to have a professional account, and a personal account.

If I had a cycle related business I’d do exactly the same, one for selling bits and bobs and asking random ‘What tyre for Cwmcarn’ questions, and another which is professional focused for answering questions I’d know loads of really useful stuff about.

He’s one of the best contributors here, and will do his best to share his encyclopedic knowledge of all things suspension.

If you ever get the chance, pop by with some coffee to his shop and pester him about forks / shocks / goats milk / pasties / cake.

His Shepleg account was here way before he setup LoCo Tuning, and I know he wanted to have a professional account, and a personal account.

If I had a cycle related business I’d do exactly the same, one for selling bits and bobs and asking random ‘What tyre for Cwmcarn’ questions, and another which is professional focused for answering questions I’d know loads of really useful stuff about.

That’s all fair enough.

But as was spotted in this thread, he is basically using two ID’s in the “traditional” manner. To hide his identity and have opposing views on the same thread.

You take some parts in to a shop to be assembled, shop tells you some need swapping for something else which is duly ordered. You go in to pick up assembled item. In what world is there any question as to whether or not the unsuitable parts are returned to you? Why should you need to ask?

This place either seems intentionally dishonest or just pretty crap, if OP is accurate. Either way, worth avoiding I’d say.

I’ve tried to see both sides on this thread and not to knee jerk my way into it, but I’m sorry its bollocks!!!
The builder tried it on and was busted.. This is a bike forum and the OP has a right to voice his experience.
Certain peeps have probably learned a few lessons on this thread…

As mentioned already this stinks as much as the Diet/workout con. Say something non Pc on here and and get flamed. But if you are friends/log ins of a con man it’s ok to support them.
Loco really needs to explain all this. I was going to use him to service my forks. His prices were better than Mojo and nothing but good reviews on here. But how many did he post himself ?

rickon – Member
Just for a little bit of balance, LoCo / Shepleg is one of the nicest people I know.

His Shepleg account was here way before he setup LoCo Tuning, and I know he wanted to have a professional account, and a personal account.

If I had a cycle related business I’d do exactly the same, one for selling bits and bobs and asking random ‘What tyre for Cwmcarn’ questions, and another which is professional focused for answering questions I’d know loads of really useful stuff about.

He’s one of the best contributors here, and will do his best to share his encyclopedic knowledge of all things suspension.

If you ever get the chance, pop by with some coffee to his shop and pester him about forks / shocks / goats milk / pasties / cake.

The LBS was right about one thing – those spokes are too short. Unfortunately it’s not been solved by the longer nipples – you don’t have many threads engaged in the nipples there, resulting in a weakness. You’ll probably get away with it as the NDS spokes aren’t under much tension, but it’s not ideal.

Whichever way you look at it, that’s not the greatest wheel build ever!

It’s also worth double checking which side of the flange the non-drive side the spokes need to sit as they have been laced radially. It’s generally good practice to have them with the nipples facing outwards. The way your wheel has been laced can cause the cartridge bearings to sit loose in the hub as the spokes are trying to open up the hole. More of an issue on lightweight hubs though.

To be fair to Loco he has explained it was a mistake in that his other login was cached and I can see why you’d want two logins in this place as a cycling related business owner. Hopefully that’s all it is and there’s nothing underhand like the old Superstar debacle, I guess I can understand why some people are more suspicious though.

Those silver nipple don’t look right at all to me.
Rather than ask mooman to undo one to check, has anyone got any similar spokes and nipples they can try out to see how much thread engagement they’ve got with three threads exposed ?

Utter bollards. As good as Loco is on this forum, he’s clearly been posting on two logins at the same time. I understand that there may have been a cross over, and even he wanted two logins but to post on the same thread like he’s done more than once? If you believe that’s an accident, well, you may as well be trying to build a wheel with spokes that are to short.,

FuzzyWuzzy – MemberTo be fair to Loco he has explained it was a mistake in that his other login was cached and I can see why you’d want two logins in this place as a cycling related business owner. Hopefully that’s all it is and there’s nothing underhand like the old Superstar debacle, I guess I can understand why some people are more suspicious though.POSTED 7 HOURS AGO #

Those silver nipple don’t look right at all to me.
Rather than ask mooman to undo one to check, has anyone got any similar spokes and nipples they can try out to see how much thread engagement they’ve got with three threads exposed ?

It’s just wrong. It shouldn’t have left the shop like that. I can’t even remember the original complaint on this thread, but that is one sheety wheel build. Also, they may have used linseed oil but I’m not seeing any sort of prep / freeze on those sticking out threads anyway, not as it’d do much use when half the threads aren’t even engaging in the spokes (bearing in mind that the spokes sit quite a way inside the nipples before engaging any threads)!

Yes – thanks fellas.
As previously explained. I do not know enough to build my own wheels, but know enough to spot if they arent done properly.
I will be taking the wheel to another LBS to have the NDS spokes replaced.